Necktie form



Aug. 22, 1939.

C. A. CHAPEL NECKTIE FORM Filed April 50, 1938 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

ATTORNEYS.

Patented Aug. 22, 1939 PATENT OFF-ICE- NECKTIE FORM Charles Augustus Chapel, El Reno, Okla.

Application April 30, 1938, Serial No. 205,348

3 Claims.

This invention relates to necktles and more particularly to a novel preformed four-in-hand tie and a necktie former.

An important object of the invention is to provide a preformed necktie, formed upon a skeleton knot-forming structure, provided with means to releasably retain the free end of the neck-encircling portion of the tie against slip- Another important object is to provide a preformed four-in-hand tie in which the knot portion will not slip although stitching is not required to retain the knot portion in place, and the free end of the neck-encircling portion is held against slippage.

Still another important object is to provide a knot former for a tubular tie, which former may be inserted into or removed from the open end of the tie-and, when initially properly positioned intermediate the ends of the tie, means carried by the knot former will retain the latter against accidental movement within the tie while the tie material is being manipulated to form a four-inhand tie, the same means being adapted to retain the free end of the neck-encircling portion of the tie against slippage.

Another object is to provide a tie knot former, which former is so shaped that a neat knot may be quickly provided in a tubular length of suitable material, and which knot will maintain its shape and not slip when donning, wearing and removing the tie.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description of the invention, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and in which drawings:-

Figure 1 is a. rear elevation of the novel necktie knot former.

Figure 2 is a top plan of the same.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan of the former.

Figure 4 is a rear elevation of a conventional tubular tie formed into a four-in-hand tie by employing the novel former.

Figure 5 is a similar view, with the neckencircling portion of the tie of Figure 4 secured in place against slippage.

Figure 6 is a vertical section through the novel former of Figures 1 to 3, and portions of a fourin-hand tie, as in Figure 5.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the letter A may designate generally the novel tie knot former, the letter B a conventional tubular tie, and the letter C the completed, preformed tie, employing A and B.

The novel tie knot former or skeleton struc- 5 ture A preferably comprises a body portion ill of any suitable springy material, such as Celluloid, metal, or rubber or fibrous composition, shaped into a tubular form with sloping side walls terminating at a smaller end or mouth ll 10 and a larger end or mouth [2. These mouths II and H are substantially elliptical and their longitudinal axes are substantially normal to each other, as in Figures 2 and 3.

From the smaller end or mouth 6 l to the larger 1 end or mouth l2 extends a substantially V- shaped slot l3, opening into the hollow or passageway 14. within the body portion It]. It will be noted, particularly in Figure 1, that the walls of the slot 13 touch adjacent the end II and 20 then gradually recede from each other so that they are preferably spaced apart at the end l2 a distance at least equal to the thickness of a conventional tubular tie. v

Extending from each of the opposite edges of 5 the slot 13, toward the opposite wall l5 of the body portion I0, is a flange l3. These flanges l6 project into the hollow l4 a sno kdistance and, of course, face each other.

Means is provided, carried by the body portion 30 II], to retain the former against longitudinal movement within a suitable tubular tie B, while the latter is being manipulated to form the knot and this means functions, additionally, to retain the free end of the neck-encircling portion 3:, of the tie against slippage after the free end is inserted into the knot section of the tie. This means comprises a pointed member or prong l'l extending into the hollow or passageway 14 and projecting toward the smaller mouth II. This 0 prong H is fixedly or rigidly carried by the body portion I0 and, in the example shown is a member formed to provide a prong body portion l8, suitably secured to the body portion l0 preferably at the angle formed by one of the flanges I6 and the body portion to. From the end of this prong body portion l8, nearest the mouth or end H, extends the pointed member or prong itself, so that the prong body portion and prong itself, form an obtuse angle, as in Figure 6. From Figures 2 and 3 it will be seen that the body portion l8 of the prong II extends along the longitudinal axis of the mouth I l and not along its shorter axis, and the prong body portion I8 55 may be secured to the body portion l and flange It as with an adhesive I9, such as cement.

That a conventional tie B may be employed with the novel former A, is an important consideration. This tie B comprises a suitable tubular length of material 20, which is generally open at its wider end 2| and narrows toward its oppoSlte end 22, the part of the tie adjacent this opposite end 22 being known as the neckencircling portion 23. In the tying of a conventional fourin-hand tie, a portion of the tie, intermediate is ends 2| and 22 and, generally, nearer the end 2!, is known as the knot forming portion 24. One face of such a tie is generally known as its front face 25 and the rear face 26. With this tubular formation of the tie, a longitudinally-extending compartment 27 is provided within the tie.

With reference to the general steps for tying the tie B, employing a former somewhat similar in some respects to the former A, attention is directed to my co-pending application, Serial Number 185,240, filed January 15, 1938. However, it should be noted that, when employing the former A provided with the prong I1, the latter may be vemployed to anchor or fix the former against accidental longitudinal movement within the tie B, by causing the prong H to engage the material forming the tie B. Also, the spring of the material forming the former A herein disclosed, differs from the deformable material of the former A of my said co-pending application, so that the slot l3 of the former A.

.herein disclosed, may be manually widened, but

the former A herein disclosed will spring back to its original form, partly closing the slot l3.

The elliptical mouths II and 2 with their longitudinal axes normal to one another, make possible a particularly neat, taut knot, free of wrinkles and puckers, in the preformed tie C, herein illustrated. This tie C is provided with the prong .l'! which, when the free end of the neck-encircling portion 23 of the tie is inserted into the slot [3, covered by the tie material as described in the said co-pending application, after the neck encircling portion is about the wearer's neck, this free end is made taut and caused to engage the prong l1, whereby the prong I! will extend into the free end of the neck-encircling portion as shown in Figure 6 and positively hold this free end against slippage. However, when it is desired to remove the tie, a downward pull upon the free end of the neck-encircling portion 23 of the tie C will cause this portion 23 to slip from the prong I! and be pulled from'the slot, but without disturbing the knot at all.

It is apparent, from the said co-pending application, that the preformed tie C may be united at any time and the former A removed and reemployed with another tie.

The shape of the mouth ll coupled with the position of the prong I! is especially conductive of the retention of the free end of the neck-encircling portion of the tie, yet will permit the free end to be manually drawn away from the prong I1, and the shape of this mouth H, coupled with the spring of the material forming the body portion will enable the wider portion of the tie B to be accommodated, with the wider depending portion 2|, emerging from the tie knot in a neat manner, differing from that when a rigid former is employed.

The flanges l6 aid in retaining the several portions of the tie material against slippage and one of them provides an additional wall for contact of the body portion l8 of the prong I! with the body portion Ill. In the event a suitable adhesive is employed to secure the prong I! to the body portion, this additional wall, provided by the flange i6, is important, since it doubles the available surface contacted by the body portion M of the prong l1.

Various changes may be made to the form of the skeleton former and the novel tie, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a knot former for neckties, a hollow body portion of spring material, having an upper elliptical mouth at one end and a lower and smaller elliptical mouth at the opposite end, the ,longi tudinal axes of said mouths being normal to each other, said body portion being provided with an inverted V-shaped slot extending from mouth to mouth, the edges of said slot diverging from said upper mouth toward said lower mouth.

2. In a skeleton form for the knot portion of a four-in-hand necktie, a hollow body portion having mouths at opposite ends thereof and a slot extending longitudinally of said body portion from mouth to mouth, said body portion having a guiding flange extending inwardly into the hollow of said body portion from said slot, a prong carried by said body portion, including a prong body portion and a pointed portion, with. said pointed portion extending into said hollow from adjacent said slot and said prong body portion extending along the juncture of said flange and hollow body portion, and means securing said prong body portion to said flange and hollow body portion.

3. In a necktie, a tubular body including a knot portion, a neck-encircling portion and a depending portion, and a hollow skeleton structure within said knot portion, said skeleton structure including a front wall, next to the front of said knot portion, a rear wall provided with an inverted V-shaped slot, a lower elliptical mouth, with its larger axis extending from the front to the back of said structure, and a prong, carried by said rear wall at said slot, extending into the hollow of said skeleton structure, substantially paralleling the longer axis of said mouth and with the point of said prong facing said front wall, said prong being adapted to extend into the free end of said neck encircling portion when a portion of said free end is disposed within said hollow.

CHARLES AUGUSTUS CHAPEL. 

